Insect-destroyer.



Patented Mar. 4, i902.

4 n. A. menons.

INSECT DESTROYER.

(Application med Sept. 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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t UNITED STATES` PATENT OEEICE.

ROBERT A. MOORONE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

lNsEcT-DESTROYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,882, dated March 4, 1902.

Application ledSeptember l 1, 1901. Serial No. 75,048. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it mag/"conccrn: Y

Be it known that I, RonERrA. McCEoNE, a citizen of the United States, residing 4at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe, and State of Colorado,have invented new and useful Improvements in Insect-Destroyers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to insect-destroyers, and especially to that class of such devicesemployed for mixing together water andan insecticide and spraying the poisonous solution onto growing plants, trees, and the like to kill parasitical insects thereon; and it has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the type referred to that may be readily attached to an ordinary lawn or garden hose and so constructed that, a portion only of the stream of water is initially impregnated with the insecticide, after which both the clear and impregnated portions of the stream are brought together and cominingled in a mixing-chamber before they are sprayed or discharged onto the plants.

It also has for its object to combine with such an arrangement of parts an agitator for mixing the insecticide and water.

It has for its further object to provide improved means whereby the stream' from the hose may be impregnated with the insecticide or discharged from the device unmixed with the insecticide atthe will of the operator.

Finally, it has for its object` to improve and simplify the construction and render more efficient the operationiof this class of insectdestroyers generally.

To these ends my invention consists `in they features and in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterv described, and-particularlypointed out in the claims following the 'description,reference being had to the accompanying drawingsfforming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a viewin side elevation of my improvedv insect-destroyer. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. i is a detailend view of the agitator.

Referring to the drawings, numeral l indicates the insecticide-receptacle, shown herein as consisting of a cylindrical casing closed at its opposite ends by heads 2 and providedon its upper side with a filling-critico 3, closed lawn or garden hose.

bya screw-plug 4. Arranged in the receptacle 1 is' an agitator consisting of a shaft 5, passing longitudinally and centrallyl through the cylindrical casing and its heads 2, suitable apertures being formed in thelattcr to form bearings for the shaft, arms 6 projecting radially 4from the shaft, and beaters 7, carried by the outer ends of the radial arms 6.

VThe agitator thus constructed constitutes a skeleton drum or dasher that may be freely revolved in the receptacle 1 and the insecticide and water contained in the latter without oering undue resistance and at the same time serves to thoroughly commingle and mix together the water and insecticide. The agitator may be conveniently turned by hand bymeans of a crank 8, attached to or formed integral with one end of the shaft 5.

Connected to one side of the poison-receptacle 1, intermediate the ends of thelatter, is

one end of a short pipe 9, the other end of which is provided with a hose-coupling 10, of ordinary or any Apreferred or suitable construction, by means of which the device may be readily coupled or attached to an ordinary The pipe 9, which I term'the supply-pipe, is provided with a valve 1l, of ordinary and usual construction, by means of which the supply of water to the device'may be controlled or entirely shut off.

The supply-pipe 9 at or near its point of connection to the poison-receptacle is provided rwith a diaphragm 12, having formed centrally therein a small port or perforation 13, the whole forming a contracted discharge from'the supply-pipe to the poison-receptacle. The poison-receptacle on the side directly opposite to the supply-pipe is provided with a discharge-pipe 14, in the outer end of which is fitted a discharge-nozzlel. The dischargepipe is shown hereinas being funnel-shaped rear ends are connected to the supply-pipe 9.

` to facilitate the vdischargeof the solution ICO . mixture will finally be discharged by the noz- The nozzle 15 is provided with a valve 19 of ordinary construction -at' a point in rear of the mixing-chamber 16, by means of which the discharge of the insecticide solution may be controlled or entirely shut off. An ordinary spraying or hose nozzle 2O may be attached to the discharge-nozzle 15, if desired; but the same forms no part of the present invention `and may be employed or omitted, as may be preferred or found most suitable for the purpose immediately in hand.

The operation of my improved insect-destroyer is as follows: The device may bel readily attached to the hose by uncoupling from the latter the usual hose-hozzle and coupling thereto my improved device, after which, if preferred, the hose-nozzle may be coupled to the discharge-nozzle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. By removing the screw-plug 4 the desired quantity of insecticide may be introduced into the receptacle through the orifice 3, after which the plug is replaced in the filling-orice and screwed tightly therein. Any preferred insecticide may be employed for the purpose-as, for eX- ample, paris-green-or a disinfectant or antiseptic may be employed, the natureof the material used forming no part of the invention. If the valves 11 and 19 be now opened, a portion of the stream from the supply-pipe 9 will flow by the branch pipes 18 into the mixingchamber 16 Without coming into contact with the contents of the receptacle 1. The other portion of the stream, however, will pass into the receptacle 1 through the small port or' opening 13 into the receptacle and will beimpregnated by the poison contained in the latter and will be forced through the dischargepipe 14 into the mixing-chamber 16, Where it will mingle and mix with the clear water flowing from the pipes 1S,- and the poisonous zle 15 onto the trees or plants. It will be apparent that the force or volume of the stream discharged onto the plants may be regulated and controlled by means of the valve 11 without interfering or affecting the relative proportions in which the clear Water and poison solution are commingled in the mixingchamber and that by means of the valve 19 the quantity of such poison solution admitted to the mixing-chamber may be increased or diminished at will. Furthermore, should it be desired to cut off the poison solution entirely and discharge only clear or unimpregnated water from the nozzle 15 it is only necessary to completely close the valve 19, when no water will -pass through the receptacle 1, the entire stream passing to the nozzle through the branch pipes 18. When some kinds of insecticides are employed, it will not be necessary to actuate the agitator,the slight obstruction offered by the skeleton structure of the agitator being alone sufcient to cause the water and insecticide to thoroughly commingle, but with other kinds of insecticidesas paris-green, for example-it is necessary for theoperator to rotate the agitator by means of the crank 8, thus stirring up the insecticide and mixing 'it with the water in the receptacle.

I have shown my improved insect-destroyer in a simple and its preferred form; but it will be manifest to those skilled in the art that many changes or alterations may be made in the details of its construction and arrangement without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore wish it to be understood thatI do not confine myself to such details excepting in the manner hereinafter specifically pointed out in the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a device of the characterdescribed the combination with a receptacle adapted to contain a suitable material and provided with a fluid supply and discharge pipe, of a nozzle in` the discharge-pipe,a branch pipe leading from the supply-pipe to the discharge-nozzle, an adjustable valve in the discharge-pipe for regulating or entirely cutting off the flow of liquid from the discharge-pipe to the dischargenozzle, and a diaphragm in the supply-pipe between the branch pipe and the receptacle, and having a relatively small aperture, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described the combination with a receptacle adapted to contain a suitable material, and provided with a fluid supply and discharge pipe, of a discharge-nozzle on the discharge-pipe, an adj ustable valve arranged in the discharge-pipe, a branch pipe leading from the supply-pipe to the discharge-nozzle, and a valve in the supply-pipe arranged to control the fluid to both the supply and branch pipes, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described the combination with a receptacle adapted to contain a suitable material, and provided with a iiuid supply and discharge pipe, of a manually-actuated agitator in the receptacle, a discharge-nozzle on the discharge-pipe, a branch pipe leading from the supply-pipe to the discharge-nozzle, and a diaphragm in the supplypipe between the branch pipe and the receptacle, and having a relatively small aperture, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described the combination with a receptacle adapted to contain a suitable material, and provided with a fluid supply and discharge pipe, of a discharge-nozzle on the discharge-pipe, a branch pipe leading from the supply-pipe to the discharge-nozzle, a valve for controlling the passage'of the fluid through both the supply and branch pipes, a valve for regulating the passage of the iiuid through the discharge-pipe to the nozzle, and a diaphragm in the supplypipe between the branch pipe and the receptacle, and having a relatively small aperture, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described the IOO combination with a receptacle adapted to containv a snitable material and provided witha fluid supply and dischargepipe, of a mixing-4 charnber on the end of the discharge-pipe,

5 branch pipes leading fromthe supply-pipe.

the end of` the discharge-pipe, branch pipes leading aroundl opposite sidesofthe recepta# to the supply-pipe and mixingfchambel-a diaphragm'n the'supplylpipe between the branch pipes and the receptacle andhaving la relatively small aperture,` and avalvef arranged in,the-dischargefp`ipeand vopcratii'ig to control the owflof liquid fror'np'rhe latter scribed. Y Y

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto'lset ness'es. c Y ROBT. A, MCCRONE.

Witnesses:A

BERTHA MILLER,

Hi' B. BEACH.' l

my hand in presencaof two subscribing with 'cle and each respectively connected at its ends 'to the mixing-chamber, substantially asgde- 

